regurgitate
- IPA[rɪˈɡəːdʒɪteɪt]
英式
- bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth;(of a fluid) flow through a vessel or valve in the body in a direction opposite to normal
verb: regurgitate, 3rd person present: regurgitates, gerund or present participle: regurgitating, past tense: regurgitated, past participle: regurgitated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth gulls regurgitate food for the chicks the regurgitated remains of their meals 同義詞
- ▪ (of a fluid) flow through a vessel or valve in the body in a direction opposite to normal an incompetent mitral valve allows blood to regurgitate into the left atrium throughout ventricular contraction
- 2. repeat (information) without analysing or comprehending it facts which can then be regurgitated at examinations 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[rəˈɡərjəˌtāt]
美式
- bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth: gulls regurgitate food for the chicks the regurgitated remains of their meals
Oxford American Dictionary